Aspiring filmmaker Joshua Ortiz is one step closer to fulfill his dream of making it big in Hollywood.

In an email he received from Project Greenlight, the team said Ortiz's video called “Listen” received high marks and is now one of the top 200 contestants.

Last August 8, using only an entry level Canon T3i DSLR, 25-year old Ortiz submitted his short film called “Listen” to Project Greenlight.

Project Greenlight is a TV series on HBO where amateur film makers will compete for a chance to direct a Hollywood feature film just like how Damon and Affleck came out of nowhere and became the big stars they are now.

"We kinda came out of nowhere for people and so that was the question we always got, can I come out of nowhere too? So really the reason for us to get together and do this is because we are still convinced that we'll able to find somebody out there who deserves to be working out here," Damon said.

Ortiz said, "It inspired me na you don't have to be rich, famous or lucky you just have to work hard and eventually you get there".

The San Francisco born-and-raised Fil-Am first held a camcorder when he was 18 and has been making short films for 3 years now.

But none of them, he said, has received the attention “Listen” is getting, now with more than 37,000 hits on YouTube.

Ortiz spent only $30 to feed his cast of friends and siblings who volunteered for free to shoot the short film for 5 days.

"It's all about finding the best first-time film directors, so they're giving hope to the ones that are ion the industry already. It's the perfect time," said Ortiz.

In order to proceed to the next round of the competition, Ortiz and the contestants are now asked to send in their funny bio video.

Ortiz has until 11:59 a.m. Wednesday, September 3 to complete this challenge and send in his bio video and sit in front of his computer and wait for that next email.